Development of Robotic System for Free-Form Surfaces Polishing Based on CAM Data

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Polishing, a kind of finishing process done after machining is necessary to obtain a good surface roughness as well as the form accuracy. In this paper, instead of manual polishing work, a robotic polishing system is introduced. A trajectory generator needed for generating the robot polishing path are taken from the cutter location data generated from the postprocessor of a CAD system. Using the trajectory generator, the present polishing robot doesnt need the conventional complicated teaching process. Position interpolation algorithm between two CL data is proposed, and the robot control commands can also be generated using an industrial robot Motoman sv3.

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